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Coming up we have a bantamweight MMA rules bout between Evan Williams (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and King Leonidas (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Williams comes to the cage accompanied by Willie Nelson - Whiskey River . Leonidas is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Spartan Warriors. The atmosphere really building for this one as we go over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 5 rounds, for the bantamweight championship of the world!
Introducing the champion to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
11 - 3 - 0, fighting out of Las Vegas, Evan Williams!
And introducing the challenger to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
18 - 6 - 0, fighting out of New York, King Leonidas!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, John Kavanagh and Bruno Lombardi.
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Williams throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
A slapping leg kick lands for Williams.
Leonidas checks a low kick from Williams.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leonidas.
Leonidas looks to throw the jab but Williams is out of range.
Leonidas tries to clinch but Williams moves out of range.
Williams throws a combination but comes up with nothing but fresh air.
A decent looking cross lands there for Leonidas.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up but Leonidas swats him away and circles back towards the center.
Williams staying out of range there.
Williams motions for Leonidas to come forward. Williams throws a leg kick but it misses it's target.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Leonidas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams showing good head movement there, avoiding the strikes from Leonidas.
Williams takes a punch right to his stomach. That took the wind out of him momentarily.
Leonidas scores with a nice strike.
Leonidas misses with an uppercut. Williams saw that one coming.
That kick from Williams tenderised Leonidas's leg. Leonidas is trying to keep his angry face on.
Williams ducks down and throws a hook to the body but Leonidas moves away.
Leonidas getting the better of the striking in that exchange.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonidas avoids the head kick by Williams.
Leonidas has taken the fight to the clinch.
Leonidas manages to break the clinch.
Williams closes the distance and presses his opponent up against the cage.
An uppercut on the inside fails to land for Leonidas.
Leonidas lands a left hand.
Williams misses with a knee to the head.
Williams is looking to score with knees to the body. Maybe he'll change it up and go body then head. Leonidas is defending well for now.
Williams lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
Leonidas is a painfully thin specimen of a man. You do wonder whether a good body kick would snap him clean in two.
Leonidas tries to throw a body punch but Williams avoids it by throwing Leonidas back against the cage.
Williams breaks the clinch.
Leonidas moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Leonidas throws a lazy uppercut
and Williams counters with a nice kick to the body.
Leonidas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Williams throws a looping overhand right but Leonidas ducks down to avoid it.
Williams tries to clinch there but Leonidas circles away.
Williams looking to throw a kick but he's pulled out of it.
Leonidas circles away from the clinch attempt.
Leonidas scores with a big left there. The judges will like that one.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas moves out of range of the body kick.
We've seen a great period of action over the last minute or so - credit to both fighters for going all out!
Williams throws a low kick but Leonidas moves out of range easily.
Williams bobbing and weaving, closes the distance and lands a hook to the side of Leonidas's head.
Leonidas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Williams missing with a left hand there. Leonidas was out of range so wasted energy throwing that one.
Leonidas lands a right hook to the body.
Williams rushes forward with a series of wild hooks but Leonidas moves out of range and avoids them all easily.
Williams gets his head snapped back by a nice shot there.
Williams wants to clinch.
Williams wings a very wild body shot but it does the job and lands to the midsection.
Leonidas throws a hook to the body but it doesn't connect.
Williams thumps Leonidas with a low kick.
A chopping leg kick lands by Williams.
Williams misses with a kick to the body.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Williams.
Williams tries to clinch up but Leonidas circles away and keeps his distance.
Williams is looking to clinch but Leonidas is avoiding it.
A kick lands to the mid section there for Williams.
Leonidas on the receiving end of a decent leg kick there by Williams. Williams obviously looking to wear him down.
Leonidas checks a low kick. Bone on bone - not my idea of a good time.
Leonidas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Williams connects with a lovely right hand, straight down the pipe.
Leonidas lands with an overhand left.
Leonidas digs a good hook to Williams's body.
Williams avoids a punch combination nicely.
Williams forces Leonidas back against the cage and clinches.
Leonidas goes for a body shot but it's blocked.
Williams lands a nice elbow.
A right hook to the body lands for Williams.
Leonidas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Williams landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leonidas blocks a knee to the body. He'll have a nicely bruised forearm in the morning.
Williams is trying to slow down the pace of the fight but Leonidas is keeping busy.
Leonidas misses with a short punch on the inside.
Williams pushes off an throws an elbow but Leonidas leans to the side and avoids it. We're back to clinching against the cage.
Leonidas can't break the clinch.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Leonidas working aggressively here.
Williams softening up his opponent with strikes, against the cage.
Williams scores with a shot to the side of Leonidas's head.
Leonidas breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.
Leonidas lands with a good body shot.
Williams throws a sloppy body shot
and Leonidas counters with a three punch combination, finished off with a leg kick. Nice work.
The crowd are going absolutely nuts as the round comes to an end - what a fantastic round of action!
Williams looks for the body kick but Leonidas saw that one coming.
Williams tries to land a front kick but Leonidas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Williams staying out of range there.
Leonidas throws a couple of head shots and lands with the final one - a decent hook, which struck Williams on the side of the head.
Leonidas gets a clinch.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evan Williams dominated that round.
The fighters get back to their feet, the hooter sounds and we're back to the action!
The fight stays on the outside here - Leonidas looks like he's thinking about clinching though.
Leonidas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Leonidas jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Williams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Williams throws a head kick that misses.
Williams gets tackled into the cage by Leonidas. Leonidas maintains the clinch.
Williams has a couple of punches blocked by Leonidas.
Leonidas lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
A head punch on the inside from Leonidas fails to land.
Still in the clinch, Leonidas scores with a nice short uppercut.
Leonidas swings wildly with an uppercut but Williams uses good head movement to avoid it.
A knee to the head by Williams.
It looks like King Leonidas has been cut.
Leonidas fails to land with a short punch on the inside.
Leonidas swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Williams missing with knees to the body.
Williams blocks a couple of punches on the inside.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Williams misses with a knee strike.
Leonidas has a couple of punches blocked by Williams.
Williams misses with an elbow over the top.
Leonidas scores with a shot to the side of Williams's head.
Williams trying to land knees to the body.
Williams breaks the clinch.
Leonidas closes the distance and clinches.
Williams is trying to wear down his opponent with knees to the body.
Williams pushes off and fires off an elbow that misses, before clinching up again, against the cage.
Williams digs a right hand underneath Leonidas's ribcage. Leonidas let out a lung full of air as it connected.
Evan Williams has scored more points in the clinch so far.
Leonidas pushes off and circles away, back to the middle of the mat.
Williams misses with a head kick.
Williams circles away from the clinch attempt.
Williams wants to clinch up but Leonidas keeps it at a distance.
Leonidas misses with an uppercut.
Leonidas thows a body shot but no joy.
Some bone on bone action there as Leonidas checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
A bone on bone clash there as Leonidas blocks the leg kick.
Leonidas lands with an overhand left.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams on the wrong end of a nice jab.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Ouch! a nice leg kick from Williams, right into the meat.
Leonidas lands an overhand right.
Leonidas keeps his opponent at a distance with a nice jab.
Leonidas avoids the body shot from Williams.
Leonidas blocks a head kick by Williams.
Williams uses some good footwork to avoid the body shot by Leonidas.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Leonidas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams throws a front kick aimed at Leonidas's knee but Leonidas avoids it well.
A nice leg kick lands there from Williams.
Leonidas is looking to clinch.
Leonidas misses with an uppercut
and Williams counters with a kick to the head that grazes his opponent. Leonidas is lucky that one didn't land flush.
Williams tries to clinch but Leonidas moves out of range.
Leonidas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Leonidas's leg has a nasty welt from taking a succession of leg kicks. That must be slowing him down.
Williams throws a leg kick but Leonidas checks it.
Leonidas misses with a hook
and Williams counters with a lovely straight right hand!
Evan Williams is winning the standup battle so far.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas misses the jab.
Williams throws a monster uppercut resembling something out of street fighter but it doesn't land.
Williams dodges the punch combination from Leonidas.
Williams throws a body kick but he wasn't in range.
Leonidas waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Williams.
Leonidas misses with a straight right.
Williams lands with a kick to the temple. Leonidas shrugs as if to say "is that all you've got?"
Williams misses with a body kick.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Leonidas tries to clinch there but Williams circles away.
Williams misses with a hook.
Williams throws a leg kick but Leonidas checks it.
A big left from Williams misses.
Leonidas wants to clinch.
Williams misses with a body kick.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
A telegraphed right hand from Leonidas misses the target.
Leonidas scores with a reasonable looking shot to the body. Williams doesn't seem bothered though.
Leonidas scores with a decent looking hook.
Leonidas forces Williams back against the cage and clinches.
Leonidas misses with some punches.
Leonidas misses with some punches.
Williams keeps the fight in the clinch, despite Leonidas's efforts to push away.
Leonidas takes an elbow to the temple.
This has been an exciting period of action!
Williams tries to land a knee to the body but he is off balance and Leonidas avoids it.
Leonidas is trying to break free.
Leonidas working aggressively here.
With the two fighters working up against the cage, Williams just misses with a elbow thrown towards Leonidas's brow.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams lands a shoulder strike.
Williams lands a nice knee to the body.
Leonidas wants to strike at distance but he can't break free of the clinch.
Williams misses the knee to the body. Nice hip positioning from Leonidas.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
That was a close second round but I would say that Evan Williams will probably get the nod.
The cut man is working on King Leonidas's cut.
Well, the break between rounds is over. Let's get back to the scrappin!
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Leonidas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams moves into range and throws a combination. A nice jab followed by a hook to the body.
Williams throws out a loose jab but Leonidas uses good head movement to avoid it.
Leonidas lands three nice shots there - that looked like it hurt!
Williams misses the jab.
Williams slips under a jab from Leonidas.
Williams waving his hands out in front of him, looking to distract Leonidas.
Leonidas takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Leonidas jabs away that one connects to the head of his opponent.
Leonidas cracks Williams with a good jab.
Williams wants to clinch up but Leonidas keeps it at a distance.
Leonidas connects with the punch.
Williams fakes a jab and throws a low kick but Leonidas checks it well.
Williams closes the distance and takes a jab right on the nose as he does so.
Leonidas keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from Williams.
Leonidas ducks right into an uppercut from Williams.
Leonidas throws a wild combination but nothing lands.
That's one minute gone in the round.
A looping hook to the body misses from Leonidas. Williams does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams throws a low kick but Leonidas avoids it.
Williams tries to clinch up.
Leonidas throws a right and a left that both miss.
Williams misses with a wild body shot.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Leonidas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams misses with a low kick.
Leonidas looks to land a combination but Williams avoids it well.
A head kick misses from Williams.
Williams lands with a thumping leg kick.
Williams slips under a jab.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Leonidas paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leonidas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Leonidas takes a hook to the side of the head. I wonder if that's got his ears ringing.
Leonidas throws a big shot that misses.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams throws out a token jab with nothing on it.
Leonidas lands a jab to the nose.
Leonidas misses with a hook
and Williams counters with a leg kick.
Williams looks like he's developed a pretty tasty lump over his left eye. He'll need to avoid taking much more damage to that.
Leonidas throws a lazy right hand but Williams sees it coming a mile off and sidesteps it easily.
Leonidas is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
Leonidas tries to bum rush Williams with a series of wild strikes but Williams uses good footwork to avoid the assault.
Williams throws out a powerful jab.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
A big left from Leonidas misses.
Leonidas pushing out the jab but it's not landing.
Williams pushes Leonidas away with a front kick.
A nice leg kick lands there from Williams.
A head kick misses from Williams.
The crowd cheers as Leonidas lands an impressive looking overhand right. Williams doesn't seem phased though.
Leonidas is looking to clinch but Williams is avoiding it.
Williams throws a body punch but Leonidas moves out of range.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Williams.
A looping hook to the body misses from Williams. Leonidas does a little dance to reset his feet.
Williams tries to close the distance and clinch but Leonidas swats him to one side with an open hand palm strike and circles away.
Williams throws out a leg kick but Leonidas moves out of range and Williams only half commits.
Williams is looking to slow Leonidas down with leg kicks.
Williams bobs and weaves well there to avoid the strikes.
Williams is looking to chop away at Leonidas's legs.
The fighters circling - Williams throws out the jab but it was never going to land.
Williams swings for the body but Leonidas moves out of range.
Leonidas swings wildly with a hook that is half blocked by Williams.
Williams ducks under an overhand right and circles away with a smile on his face.
Williams throws a leg kick that misses.
Williams misses with a double jab.
Williams takes an uppercut right on the jaw but it doesn't phase him.
Leonidas might want to mix his strikes up a bit more. He's just going for head shots at the moment and that can become a bit predictable.
Leonidas checks a leg kick.
Williams tries to land a leg kick but Leonidas saw it coming and moves away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas misses with a looping right.
Leonidas lands a pitter patter jab to the forehead of his opponent.
Williams is looking to clinch but Leonidas is avoiding it.
Williams dances in quickly and lands a nice inside leg kick on Leonidas. That did some damage!
Williams throws a hook but Leonidas avoids it easily.
Williams moves out of range of the strikes.
Nice straight punches there by Leonidas. You know Roy Jones Jr respects the hands of Leonidas.
Fantastic stuff here - a very entertaining period of action, which has drawn cheers from the crowd.
Williams scores with a kick to the body.
Williams wants to clinch up but Leonidas keeps it at a distance.
Williams steps to the side to avoid the strikes from Leonidas.
Leonidas connects with a jab.
Williams misses with a straight right.
As the round comes to an end the crowd are showing their appreciation for a great round of action.
Williams walks forward and throws out a flicking leg kick. Leonidas checks it nicely though, as he moves to the side.
Leonidas will need to tighten up his combinations if he doesn't want to gas himself out, swinging at thin air.
Some bone on bone action there as Leonidas checks a low kick. Luckily it wasn't a particularly hard one.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Evan Williams clearly takes that round.
The cut man is working on King Leonidas's cut.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!
Williams avoids the clinch attempt nicely.
Williams takes a solid shot to the body. That one hurt him but he's trying not to show it.
Williams throws a nice hook to the body that draws an oooh from the crowd.
Williams throws a low kick but Leonidas avoids it.
A slapping leg kick lands for Williams.
Williams scoring well with a low kick there.
Williams shapes like he's going to throw a leg kick but settles back down.
Leonidas moves in looking to clinch but Williams pushes him off.
Leonidas tries to close the distance and clinch up against the cage but Williams paws at him with a jab and circles away.
Williams misses with an attempted mid kick.
Williams wants to clinch up but Leonidas keeps it at a distance.
Williams bobs and weaves and then throws a good body kick.
A slow jab from Leonidas misses its intended target.
Williams throws a leg kick that misses.
A slapping body kick lands there for Williams.
Like a baseball bat into the meat of his leg there - nice leg kick by Williams.
Williams misses with a leg kick
and Leonidas connects with a straight left hand counter down the middle.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Leonidas works his jab well there, keeping his opponent at a distance.
Williams takes a jab on the nose there. A little bit of blood seems to be coming out. Hopefully that won't affect his breathing.
Williams tries to land a front kick but Leonidas steps back. That was a bit too telegraphed.
Leonidas tries to clinch up.
Leonidas fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
Williams tries to clinch there but Leonidas circles away.
Williams throws a jab but it's blocked by Leonidas.
Leonidas rushes Williams and pushes him back against the cage in a clinch.
Williams has Leonidas pressed against the cage, preventing Leonidas from circling away and getting back to striking at range.
Leonidas lands with a quick shot inside that doesn't really do much damage.
Williams prevents the takedown attempt.
Leonidas pulls guard.
It looks like the ref is thinking about a standup.
Leonidas had isolated an arm as going for a kimura. Williams defends it easily.
Williams knows he needs to get back to his feet asap. He's simply no match for Leonidas on the ground.
Leonidas is active off his back here, looking for submissions.
Leonidas is absolutely dripping with sweat - he looks exhausted.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Williams wants to stand but Leonidas is controlling his posture from full guard.
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Leonidas wants to stand up but Williams is controlling him.
Leonidas being controlled here, momentarily.
Leonidas has his foot on Williams's thigh. He's trying to push off and get in position for a triangle, I think. Williams works his way back into a safe position though.
Williams wants to pass the guard but Leonidas is keeping the position.
Both fighters really going for it on the ground here!
Williams trying to control the position from guard on top but Leonidas is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.
Leonidas lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Williams!
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Leonidas is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Leonidas dominating with strikes here.
Williams holding onto his opponent's waist for dear life, as Leonidas tries to land some strikes to get him to release his grip.
Williams is writhing around trying to get back to his feet.
Williams on his back here. We all know that wrestlers don't like being on their back so let's see if Williams tries to get out of the position.
Williams is wriggling around trying to escape.
Leonidas is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Leonidas punishing his opponent with strikes.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Williams is bucking up trying to escape but Leonidas cracks him with another couple of good strikes.
This is a great period of action - very entertaining stuff!
Leonidas landing strikes, looking to finish!
Leonidas is landing with some decent strikes but Williams is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Leonidas lands a nice shot to the head.
Williams is rocked!
Leonidas looking to finish here with some ground and pound. He lands one big shot that has Williams covering up... and two more big strikes land, forcing the referee to step in and put and end to proceedings! This fight is all over!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 4:18 of round 4, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). King Leonidas!
King Leonidas is the new bantamweight champion!
A loyal slave to those sponsorship dollars, King Leonidas made sure he mentioned SPARTA FIGHTWARE-GTI, along with how happy he was to win his fight.
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